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Hillel F. Damron's avatar

Which reminds me that docu-film 'Melania' – which I can stream but never would – had cost Bezos $75 million to make. It makes one wonder how many years of the WaPo’s Book World that amount of money could afford. Talking about waste land.

Sandra Didner's avatar

Brilliant for someone who has measured out his life while he is etherized in profits.

Frau Katze's avatar

Same delivery is on the way out! Why, Jeff?

Letters from Katha's avatar

I love this! can you send me your email? I want to send you my latest column, in which I ask AI to write poems in "the style of Katha Pollitt." I'm katha.pollitt@gmail.com

Lizzie Hudson's avatar

Love so much, and nailed every board. I wrote this today on (sorry) Facebook:

Congrezos Jeff Bezos, on your leaking ethoz!

Your soul's plastic card,

has no space for a Bard

You're our new one-day delivery Jezus.

(In honor of that fat lazy slacker, TS Eliot).

judy willoughby's avatar

What joy to read ….! Let’s have more humor PLEASE!

Steve Olle's avatar

🤣 😂 😄

That reminds me of the time, years ago, when I heard Ray Manzarek on the radio opine that Jim Morrison was "all the poets: Blake, Rimbaud, TS Eliot."

I'm assuming that he meant Zebulon Blake, Mimsy Rimbaud, and Wilberforce "Trick-Shot" Eliot.

AlisonH's avatar

Yikes, as a recovering Amazonian, I found this“letter” hit all the bs buttons. Spot on!

Dwaine Rieves's avatar

Yes!....saw that Bezos comment this morning and howled!....ah, the wastedness of our Jeff B!

Karly Randolph Pitman's avatar

Oh, this made me laugh out loud - and also feel the ache underneath the satire. My beloved high school English teacher sent me a link to this post. She taught me how to write, and also introduced me to T.S. Eliot. I'll take her class over AI (and Amazon) any day.

Invictvs's avatar

I love it, but poetry alone won’t be enough to overcome these times—we need activism too. We’re with you. Big hug from Barcelona!

Gerald Howard's avatar

I'll show you fear in a caravan of panel trucks.

Jane Holcomb's avatar

Perfect commentary on the state of the WP and why.

Lee B's avatar

Karma says he will awake in the middle of the night in a hell of a fright and have the hoo-has coming at him. (Or so I very much want to believe.)

These fellows always get pinched in the end (Or so I very very much want to believe.)

Dear Jeff --- Knock .... knock .... KNOCK

Liane Kupferberg Carter's avatar

Brilliant. If only he’d dared to eat a peach….